Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Phillippe Coutinho has submitted a
transfer request indicating that he wants to leave the club.
This was after the club's American owners Fenway Sports Group FSG
released a statement earlier on Friday, that no offer would be
considered for the 25 year old.
A bid of £90m from Barcelona was on Wednesday rejected by the club.
The club has however rejected the transfer request, and stands by
their earlier statement that the player would not be leaving Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp has been at the fore front of assertions detailing all
along that the player wouldn't be sold at any price, before FSG
released a statement about the player's future.
The player in question is not expected to feature in Liverpool's first
two games of the season, as he is currently out injured with a back
injury.
He is to miss the league opener against Watford on Saturday, and the
crucial Champions League play-off against German side, Hoffenheim on
Tuesday.
The transfer request is unlikely to change anything. Liverpool and its
owners have been here before. Luis Suarez publicly sought a move to
Arsenal in 2013, after the club submitted a bid of £40+1m for the
Uruguayan striker, a bid the Merseysiders considered derisory.
He stayed at Anfield that summer, before leaving for Barcelona a year
later for a fee of £75m.
It remains to be seen how this develops, but it looks like Coutinho
would remain at Anfield this summer.
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